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Lunch time!

A group of friends and I share a tradition of taking our kids’ teachers lunch during teacher appreciation week. We tally up the amount of lunches we need, notify our teachers and then gather in the morning to assemble the lunches. One friend makes delicious chicken salad, another brings croissants for the sandwiches, one brings fruit, another makes wonderful pasta salad and another awesome brownies. I take care of the packaging. Last year I made these sacks. This year I made oilcloth lunch sacks.

How to make an oil cloth lunch bag

I first made a pattern out of cardboard measuring 15 x 12. Cut a 2 1/2 inch square out of each bottom corner.

Take two pieces of oilcloth right sides together and draw around your template. Cut out. I used small clothes pins to hold the pieces together.

I used pinking shears to cut across the top (very optional- I thought it gave the edge a finished look)

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Hello,I know this link was from a while ago, but can you tell me how much fabric I would need for this? I am having my mother-in-law make it but not sure how much fabric to tell her. I am assuming not a whole lot, but think 1 yard is too little?Thank you!!!

Hi. I just want to say thank you for posting this pattern with pictures. I am new to sewing so the pictures really helps me and I appreciate it.I made this lunch bag for my husband. He loves Batman so I chose Batman fabric and I also added some velcro so he will be able to keep it closed while also using the velcro as a handle. I hope that makes sense!Again, thank you!

I am going to do this with larger measurements and then my first step will be to sew the bottom together and add two long straps that will loop from the bottom around the top and back to the bottom on each side to make a shopping or market back. Sturdy, can be wiped down to clean and doesn't favor one store over another. Then I will follow the rest of the directions.

this is a great tutorial! i just made one using this and it worked great; i did have to use tissue paper for the top stitching but that made a HUGE difference and made this doable on my machine! thanks :-)

Thanks so much for this tutorial. My younger sister and I were planning to make these ages ago and got 2 fabrics from Mendel's. It turned out that we measured drastically incorrectly and now have enough oilcloth for 16 lunch sacks! I'm going to make a bunch and give them to my friends. This is so easy; thanks again!

this is amazing! i've been wanting to get a Vera Bradley lunch sack but i don't want to spend the money. I've just recently gotten really into sewing after my mom taught me how to use the sewing machine. This is a great idea for me to use with some stylish fabric! Thanks!

What a nice tutorial of lunch bags. Really good I can use this, making this adorable bag is absolutely lovely. For me, hand-made stuffs are absolutely sweet when you give it to the person you really cherish. Because you exert your effort just to create such reusable gift. ;-) Well if you're a type of a person who's not good in sewing you might like to check it site --> Happy Tiffin The site offers a variety of steel tiffins made from quality stainless steel food grade in which you can guarantee that its safe to use.

Thanks so much for the tutorial. I just made them for my kids for the first day of school. I am still "perfecting" my sewing skills (hahhahaha) and even I was able to make them quickly. Thanks for sharing.

This is a great pattern. Much easier than the one published on the Martha Stewart website. To add a little contrast to the bag, I used two different colors/designs of fabric. It looks cute when they meet in the crease and rolled over the top of the contrasting piece.

This is a Fabulous idea and Thank You not only for showing us how to construct the bags, but a great website to purchase oilcloth! I make my children's lunch almost every day, and every day I use those little plastic bags I think about how wasteful it is to use them! Because of your cute tutorial, I am going to make these and matching sandwich/snack bags as well to cut down on our carbon footprints! Thanks again!

I was looking for oilcloth for baby bibs as I keep children in my home and found a wonderful sight with tons of oilcloth at really great prices. I don't have any affiliation with this store, just found it this morning through searching for 'oilcloth'.jackscountrystore.comThanks for sharing your instructions. Great idea!!!!

Love it! I've been looking for a tutorial for this. I'm about to start school again (college) and I have back-to-back classes all day! Which means I have to bring lunch. I'm so excited to get started on this fun project!

Walmart carries a form of oil cloth. The stuff you can make picnic table cloths out of. We just make them out of cotton. They can be lined with insulating material(quilt batting or the stuff you line oven mitts or pot holders with) and then lined again with a contrasting fabric.(you wind up with 3 layers. ) Also you can put an outside pouch on them for napkins and cutlery and velcro closures. I love them! Our schools are very "green" conscious and we just use one layer of cotton material so that they fold flat after use as not to take up too much room in the back pack or locker. A very cold juice or canned drink will keep the lunch cool enough to be safe. Great tutorial!

I hate to be a spoil sport….these are so lovely. But isn’t oilcloth based on a vinyl of some kind or other? And doesn’t vinyl stink….and make the food taste sad or bad?-------------------------------P.A., I've used oilcloth for tablecloths, and nope, it doesn't stink at all or make anything taste bad. It's made with PVC, and seems to be fine for food use. It's also tough and stain-proof. I love it!

I found you via whip up and wanted to give kudos for a great tutorial! Cloth lunch sacks are so handy and I love that you can fit the fabric to a personality. I'm bookmarking your tutorial for future use!

I loved the tutorial... I can think of so many ways your little bags could bless others. It makes me want to go out and get some oil cloth :) Thank you so much for your efforts and sharing all your hard work.

Oh, I so, so, so, so needed this! I tried to do something just like this (to hold diapers and a tiny wipe case in my purse and totally botched it. You've given me the courage to try again, maybe with the matching oilcloth changing pad!

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